CVE-2026-5740 PUBLISHED

Unauthenticated WebSocket binary frame causes denial of service in Mattermost Server

Assigner: Mattermost
Reserved: 07.04.2026 Published: 22.05.2026 Updated: 22.05.2026

Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.0, 11.5.x <= 11.5.3, 11.4.x <= 11.4.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.14 fail to properly validate msgpack-encoded WebSocket frames before memory allocation which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the server process and cause a full service outage for all users via a crafted binary WebSocket message sent to the public WebSocket endpoint.. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00647

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Mattermost
Product	Mattermost
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 11.6.0 to 11.6.0 (incl.) affected from 11.5.0 to 11.5.3 (incl.) affected from 11.4.0 to 11.4.4 (incl.) affected from 10.11.0 to 10.11.14 (incl.) Version 11.7.0 is unaffected Version 11.6.1 is unaffected Version 11.5.4 is unaffected Version 11.4.5 is unaffected Version 10.11.15 is unaffected

Solutions

Update Mattermost to versions 11.7.0, 11.6.1, 11.5.4, 11.4.5, 10.11.15 or higher.

Credits

ZephrFish finder

References

MMSA-2026-00647

Problem Types

CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE